Synonyms of wet-nurses

wet-nurses

verb

present tense third-person singular of wet-nurse

1

as in nurses

to give milk to from the breast

wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurses
• suckles
• breast-feeds
• bottle-feeds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weans

2

as in spoils

to treat with great or excessive care

recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurses
• spoils
• babies
• mothers
• indulges
• pampers
• pleases
• dandles
• cossets
• mollycoddles
• coddles
• cockers
• delights
• satisfies
• appeases
• caters (to)
• humors
• contents
• gratifies
• obliges
• gladdens
• placates
• mollifies
• soothes
• pacifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abuses
• maltreats
• controls
• mistreats
• disciplines
• misuses
• restrains
• mishandles
• neglects
• ill-treats
• oppresses
• ill-uses
• violates
• manhandles
• overlooks
• molests
• slights
• outrages
• hurts
• torments
• tortures
• harms
• injures
• victimizes
• persecutes
• harasses